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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment.

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Fact Sheet

Bombing Prevention Assistance for K-12 Schools

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2023

This publication provides K-12 schools and districts with information on products, tools, and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device strategies to protect against, prevent, mitigate, and respond to bombing threats.

Guidance

Maintaining School Operational Status

Department of Health and Human Services

This guidance provides information schools should consider to maintain operational status as part of a routine infection prevention and control strategy.

Guidance

Preventing Spread of Infections in K-12 Schools: Considerations for Prioritizing Additional Strategies

Department of Health and Human Services

This guidance outlines local factors for schools to consider when implementing infectious disease prevention strategies.

Report

Prevention and Control of Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections in Kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) Schools

Department of Health and Human Services, 2024

This science brief presents findings from a review of research studies focused on school-based strategies to prevent and control respiratory and gastrointestinal infections.

Checklist

Data Security Checklist

Department of Education, 2015

This checklist outlines essential components to consider when developing and maintaining data security operations and programs.

Report

Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among U.S. Youths

Third Party, 2019

This article shares findings and results from a simulated U.S. national sample of firearm-owning households to test a hypothetical intervention, safe storage of firearms in the home, on youth accidental death and suicide.

Webpage

Encouraging Responsible Gun Ownership

Department of Justice

This webpage provides an overview of the Bureau of Justice Assistance-supported efforts and initiatives to reduce firearm accidents and misuse.

Report

Firearm Storage in U.S. Households With Children: Findings From the 2021 National Firearm Survey

Third Party, 2022

This article shares results from a nationally representative survey on firearm ownership and storage in households with children.

Fact Sheet

Blue Campaign Youth Poster Series

Department of Homeland Security, 2020

These posters aim to help youth understand what exploitation looks like so they can learn to say no and protect themselves and others.

Podcast

Understanding Firearm-Related Injury and School Violence Series

Department of Justice, 2024

This podcast interview series provides information on the intersection of school safety strategies and firearm-related injury. Episodes cover topics such as youth suicide prevention, anonymous reporting systems, and community engagement.